Cathédrale Saint-Pierre de Beauvais

Beauvais Cathedral
Date
begun 1225
Work Type
Style/Period

The church has the highest Gothic choir in the world. However, suffering two collapses – one in the 13th century and the other in the 16th – it remains unfinished today as works halted in 1600.

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See Also
View in Mapping Gothic
  • Exterior, upper hemicycle, north side, flying buttresses
  • Exterior, upper hemicycle, flying buttresses
  • Exterior, upper hemicycle, flying buttresses
  • Exterior, upper hemicycle, triforium
  • Exterior, upper hemicycle, detail of triforium
  • Exterior, upper hemicycle, south side, clerestory
  • Exterior, upper hemicycle, general view
  • Interior, choir, base of hemicycle
  • Interior, choir, south side, at base of hemicycle
  • Interior, choir, central vessel, triforium detail
  • Interior, choir, central vessel, upper parts, hemicycle, detail of triforium
  • Interior, choir, central vessel, upper parts of hemicycle, interior triforium
  • Interior, choir, central vessel, upper parts, hemicycle capitals and stained glass windows
  • Interior, choir, central vessel, vault of hemicycle
  • Exterior, north side of choir, buttress at base of hemicycle
  • Exterior, upper choir, north side, flying buttresses
  • Interior, chevet
  • Interior, chevet, general view
  • Interior, chevet
  • Interior, chevet, north arcade and hemicycle
  • Interior, chevet, north arcade and hemicycle
  • Interior, chevet, north arcade and hemicycle
  • Interior, chevet, hemicycle
  • Interior, chevet, hemicycle
  • Interior, chevet, hemicycle arcade
  • Interior, chevet, hemicycle arcade
  • Interior, chevet, hemicycle arcade
  • Interior, chevet, hemicycle
  • Interior, chevet, hemicycle
  • Interior, chevet, main vaults
  • Interior, chevet and crossing, main vaults
  • Interior, chevet, hemicycle arcade
  • Interior, chevet, hemicycle
  • Interior, chevet, hemicycle
  • Interior, chevet, upper parts
  • Interior, chevet, upper parts
  • Interior, chevet, general view
  • Interior, chevet and east side of transept